Cet homme est bon comme le pain = That man is goodness itself.
Il a mangé son pain blanc le premier = He had the best of his life first; His happiest days are over.
[In many parts of the Continent white bread is not the matter of course that it is in England; brown or black bread is the usual fare of the poorer classes.]
*Tel grain, tel pain = What you sow, you must mow.
On lui a fait passer le goût du pain (fam.) = They killed him.
C’est pain bénit = It serves you (him, her, them) right.
Il a du pain sur la planche = He has saved money; He has enough to live upon; He has put something by for a rainy day; There is plenty of work for him to do.
*De tout s’avise à qui pain faut (manque) = Necessity is the mother of invention.
*Pain tant qu’il dure, vin à mesure = Eat at pleasure, drink by measure.